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MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. JANUARY 26. I9U
NO. 24
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COMPANY
Mail Service Very
Poor
TOO. MANY DELAYS
Stage Remains At Madras All Day
Change Of Schedule Docs
Not Improve
The Madras out-going mail
stage is anything but convenient
when it conies to serving the
public. The mail from Shaniko
still arrives ai Madras from 7 to
9 a. m., but the out-going stage,
instead of leaving at 1:30 as for
merly, remains here until 7 a. m.
the next morning when it de
parts for Shaniko.
It seems that thjs change wa's
made necessary in order for
Madras stage to make connec
tions with the Prineville mail
which also leaves that city in the
morning, the change from 1:30
p. m. to morning being made
because of the bad roads between
Prineville and Shaniko, at this
season of the year, as the stage
going over -that road could not
always make connections with
the train at Shaniko.
If the postal authorities had
seen fitao make the change of
route suggested last Fall, which
was for the Prineville-Shaniko
mail stage to come by way of
Madras, these bad roads would
have been cut out and a better
mail service to all points in the
interior would have resulted, but
the postal department is like the
old-fangled religious people a few
years ago -"opposed to the or
gan in the church" it is hard to
pound an innovation into its cra
nium. Now the mail for outside
points lies in the office here all
day and all night, and a letter
put in the office hero at 10 a. m.
does not reach Shaniko until the
morning of the third day after
being dropped in the postoffice.
The old service was better
than the present, and the change
recommended above would be
better than either.
Warehouse Soon
Portland Man
Invests Here
adras State Rank
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A sale of lots in Madras of
some importance just come to
light was made by the Madras
Townsite Co. recently to A. L.
Carson of Portland, the consid
aration being $1700. The prop
erty is situated near the Oregon
Trunk Line station grounds. It
is reported that Mr. Carson is
interested in a firm handling
building materials, consisting of
lime, cement, brick, lath, etc.,
and there is a possibility that he
will establish a wholesale and re
tail business for the sale of those
commodities at this place. If
the above rumor should prove
true, this establishment will
prove a valuable adjunct to Mad
ras' business interests.
THE PEERLESS CLIMATE
G. J. Weller, a former resident of this
section who for the p.ist year has resided
in Oklahoma, returned to Madras
Wednesday and will look after his farm
property five miles east ol this place
Mr. Weller liked Oklahoma quite well,
but the extremes of climate there were so
marked and often followed each other
with such close proximity that he found it
d'tiitnental to his health, so that he con
cluded to return to Central Oregon, where,
by the way, considering the latitude and
s!evaiion, the climate is without a peer.
Completed
MASSIVESTRUCTURE
Farmers Union Warehouse Built
For StrengthGrain
Being Stored
which to place warehouses, stock
yards and the like.
The location of the railroad
yards is about a quarter of a mile
from the business portion of. the
city, and is very conveniently
located with reference to the
Madras townsite and also the
several additions which have
been platted the past year.
Industrial pursuits are already
looking up in anticipation of the
coming of the railroad, and Mad-
as residents and the business in
terests expect as good if not bet
ter times than have prevailed
here during the past 18 months.
The work of rushing the new
Farmers' Union Warehouse to
completion proceeds as rapidly
a3 Contractor Clover and his six
helpers can handle the material.
The entire building, roof and
sides, will be covered with the
corrogated iron sheeting, which
will prove helpful in preventing
fire from catching about that
portion of the building.
This warehouse is one of the
most substantial buildings thus
far erected in this vicinity. The
foundation, sills, joists, braces,
and other auxiliaries'of construc
tion are all massive timbers, and
that the structure will support
the enormous weight expected of
it already seems evident. The
capacity of the warehouse will
be about 250, 000 bushels. Sever
al thousand busnels of grain are
stored in the building,
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Station Grounds
Nicely Graded
The station grounds for the
Oregon Trunk depot and siding
switches are all nicely graded
and a space about 45x75 feet
leveled for the station house
proper. The space graded for
the sidings is about 200 feet wide
by three-fourths of a mile long.
These grounds will have plenty
of room for the railroad's build
ings 'and also plenty of area upon
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Ladies Dress Shoes
Assorted sizes, $3 and $4 grades
Sale price - $2-oo
Children's Dress Shoes
$1.50 to $2 grades
Sale Price - - $1.00
Kimono Flannel
Extra heavy, assorted designs,
25c grade, Sale Price 15c
Ghildrens Fleece Lined Hose
Assorted sizes, 20c grade ;
Sale price ' 12; c
Mens Corduroy Coats
Blanket lined, extra heavy,
assorted sizes, sale price $3.49
Corduroy - Leather Goats
Reversible for rain or snow ;
$8 to $10 grades Sale $7.00
Wool Blankets
Genuine Oregon made blan
kets, 4.50 grade
Sale price $3.35
Comforts
Full-size, heavy and light
weights, 1.75 grade;
Sale price, $1.23
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ANTRAL OREGON
MERCANTILE
MPANY
Doings Of Oregon
Lawmakers
Measures WhichMayBecomeLaws
San Francisco Indorsed For
Panama Exposition
Hill Agents Visit
The Interior
LIKE THIS SECTION
W. Lair Thompson, joint representa
tive from Crook, Klamath, Lake and
Harney counties, has made a close study
of the intricacies and inconsistencies of
the present law putting into effect the
initiative and referendum powers of the
people In the enactment of .general,
special and municipal laws, and he
thinks he has arrived at a solution of
the difficulties which have been ex
perienced in the past in the preparation
of such meaaures, and for their avoid
ance in the future.
Mr. Thompson's proposed solution of
the problem is the creation of a state
law board, to be appointed by the gov
ernor, the secretary of state and the
state treasurer, to which all proposed
initiative measures must be submitted
for preparation and whose principal
duties will be to prepare all such pro
posed laws into legal form before sub
mission to the people.
Placing the State Printer on a flat
salary of $5000 a year, paying a print
ing expert $2000 a year and buying the
present plant for $20,000, is the pur
pose of a bill Senator M. A. Miller has
offered in the Senate. It is different in
many respects from th one now in the
House;' which provides that it shall take
effect immediately, whereas, the Miller
measure does not change the existing
conditions until a suitable term has
elapsed. It is said by Mr. Miller that
this plan would save $100,000 in u few
years.
Not dead but sleeping probably would
be the verdict of a physician on House
Bill No. 3, by Cole, of Multnomah, declar
ing Oct. 12 .the day on which Columbus
discovered America, to be a legal holiday,
and naming it Columbus day.
Both houses of the Oregon legislature
Monday adopted the resolution approv
ing San Francisco as the place for hold
ing the Panama exposition.
Telegrams were sent immediately to
the house committee on expositions at
the national capital asking that San
Francisco be awarded the prize.
At its session last Friday afternoon
the senate went on record in favor of
the creation of the office of Lieutenant
Governor. Senator Calkins' resolutipn
providing for submission of the ques
tion to the people at the next election
was adopted with no opposition voices.
A substitute free text book bill has
been introduced by Clyde of Multno
mah, supplanting the one he presented
last week. Instead of compelling school
district boards to provide free text
books and supplies, it makes provisions
for the submission of petitions by the
legal voters. If a petition contains the
signatures of three-fourths of the elec
torate, the district board must submit
the question at the first election follow
ing the annual meeting.
A law which will make it a felony for
a man to desert his wife, fixing the
punishment from one to ten years in
the penitentiary, three months to one
year in jail, or fine from $50 to $10C0
has been presented in the senate by
Albee of Multnomah. The bill has the
indorsement of all the judges of the
circuit court of Multnomah county, of
of county Judge Clecton, and of Dis
trict Attorney Cameron.
Another resolution has been intro
duced in the Senate, this time by Sena
tor DImick, calling for an investigation
of affairs at the .Oregon Insano asylum,
tnis resolution dealing with a new phase
of the situation and asking for a probe
into the method of employing help there.
Central Oregon Farms Will Pro
duce Immense Traffic
For Railroads
On a tour of investigation of
this section concerning the
probability of freight tonnage,
W, C. Wilkes, Assistant General
Freight and Passenger Agent of
the Hill lines, accompanied by R
H. Crosier, Advertising Agent of
the Hill lines in the Pacific
Northwest, spent a portion of
two days in Madras and vicinity
Saturday and Sunday. Both
gentlemen were greatly surprised
at the scope of the "Madras
Country" both with regard to
the farming lands under culti
vation and the acreage capable
of being tilled, and they were es
pecially enthusiastic over the
possibilities of production when
these lands are subjected to sci
entific or intensified farming.
Mr. Wilkes was outspoken in his
praise as to the location of Mad
ras as a distributing point.
In company with Mr. Sayre, of
the Townsite Company, Messrs.
Wilkes and Crosier looked over
th&Deschutes Railroad just north
of the city and also visited the
townsite of Metolius. They
went to Culver Junction Sunday
afternoon, and thence to Prine
ville and will continue their trip
ofinvestigation as far south as
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Masonic Lodge
For Madras
The members of the Masonic
order in Madras and vicinity
have held two meetings within
the past week upon the matter
of establishing a Masonic lodge
at this place, with the result that
as soon as the preliminary ar
rangements can be made a lodge
will be organized here. The Ma
sons will organize with at least
10 members. There is quite a
number of Masons in this section
who will probably also have their
membership transferred to the
lodge here as soon as an organi
zation is formed.
Forests Need
More Protection
Making a plea for better protection
of Oregon forests, the State Board of
Forestry again recommends to the Leg
islature bigger appropriations and a
more adequate system in its report
which has been. placed in the hands of
the State Printer.
It is shown that there are 350,000,000
feet of merchantable timber in the
state, worth $500,000 000 as it stands,
and if made into lumber the Board de
clares its value would bo $5,000,000,000.
Already 60,000,000 feet have been de
stroyed by fire, or a atumpage valuo
worth $00,000,000. It is shown that the
last Legislature made' total appropria
tions of over $3,000,000, of which there
was appropriated $75,000 for protection
and propagation of fish; $3-1,000 for
game protection and $13,000 for horti
culture, but only $5,000 for forest pro
tection, which the Board considers one
of the most important things of all.
Dr. CLAUK-the Dentist, will be -in
Madras, February 1, or li, prepared lo
do all kinds of dental work. TIiofp
wishing work done pleee call early
to give liliu time fur tieitii.ent, as
bis vigil will be abort.
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